All time greatest movie

chadtm80 · #1 Postby **chadtm80** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 9:50 am

What one movie can/do you watch over and over and never tire of it? I'm torn Diehard (all of them ;-)

) and Saving Private Ryan

#2 Postby **Pburgh** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 9:56 am

I've always said the Shawshank Redemption but I watched The Green Mile the other night - what a terrific movie!!!

GalvestonDuck · #3 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 10:14 am

Where do I start? ONE movie? You must be kidding, Chad!!

"Forrest Gump," "The Miracle Worker," and "Grease" are three of my all-time faves. I have all three on VHS or DVD, and yet, if I'm flipping through the channels and one of them is on, I usually try to stop and watch. I guess it's just knowing that somewhere out there someone else is tuned in and laughing or crying at the same time I am makes it all that more enjoyable to watch.

I get mindless enjoyment out of "Xanadu," "Independence Day," and "9 To 5."

And I've probably watched the television movies "Fallen Angel" and "Two Mothers For Zachary" at least 25 times a piece, mostly because I'm reading the screenwriter for FA's book and both he (Lew Hunter) and Linda Voorhees (TMFZ) are UCLA screenwriting profs (she was once a student of his and their styles and format are extremely similar). I know most of the scenes verbatim now...and of course, I know ALL of Patty Duke's lines from "The Miracle Worker" by heart. *snicker*

#4 Postby **CaptinCrunch** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:47 pm

Lord of The rings (all 3), Saving Private Ryan, A Beautiful Mind, Shindlers List, ET, Star Wars, and many many more. There is NO way to pick just 1!!

southerngale · #5 Postby **southerngale** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:57 pm

I can't really pick just one either...but the first one that came to mind is A&E's production of Pride and Prejudice. Fantastic movie!!

mf_dolphin · #6 Postby **mf_dolphin** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:22 pm

"Frankly my dear, I don't give a ...." - Gone With the Wind ( a quote married man should never use ;-)

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Lord of the Rings Trilogy (It's really one movie) :-)

Rainband · #7 Postby **Rainband** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:19 pm

Too many to choose from. I will get back to you :wink:

weatherluvr · #8 Postby **weatherluvr** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:31 pm

Braveheart and Forrest Gump are two of my favs. I'd also include Debbie Does Dallas, but that probably doesn't fit into the proper criteria here. :grrr:

GalvestonDuck · #9 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:36 pm

weatherluvr wrote:Braveheart and Forrest Gump are two of my favs. I'd also include Debbie Does Dallas, but that probably doesn't fit into the proper criteria here.

I'm not going to research it here at work, but I'm sure I *might* be able to figure it out if I read up on it somewhere. But just why is DDD the most well-known title in that genre? What's so special about it? Was it a breakthrough flick for its time or something?

#10 Postby **CaptinCrunch** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:57 pm

GalvestonDuck wrote:
weatherluvr wrote:Braveheart and Forrest Gump are two of my favs. I'd also include Debbie Does Dallas, but that probably doesn't fit into the proper criteria here.

I'm not going to research it here at work, but I'm sure I *might* be able to figure it out if I read up on it somewhere. But just why is DDD the most well-known title in that genre? What's so special about it? Was it a breakthrough flick for its time or something?

Debbie Does Dallas and Behind the Green Door were the first mainstream films of that genre, those two films made stuff what it is today.

GalvestonDuck · #11 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:58 pm

Aha, okay. Thanks, Christopher!

I wondered because I knew that pornography and pornographic films existed before the 60's and 70's (not quite sure what year DDD was), but I guess they were just on movie reels (16mm?) and not released in theaters for people to see. Of course, not there's VHS and DVD so people watch at home again like I guess they did in the old days.

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